TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS
Main part of the program "Public diplomacy" is a project "Traveling exhibitions" intended as an instrument for promoting the Art collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and developing of a different kind of particular exhibitions presenting the Bulgarian culture, history and contemporary art.
"Traveling exhibitions" is implemented jointly with the missions abroad. The program relies on coordination between Cultural Institute and missions which allows projects to be carried out in adequate communication with local partners and to multiply the effect of the presentation . In 2012 the world have organized 28 exposures of 12 projects from the portfolio of the Institute. In 2013, over 50 presentations - mainly related to the celebration of important events such as the Great Moravian mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius and the 70th anniversary of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust.
THE LIGHT OF THE LETTERS
To celebrate the 1150th anniversary of the Great Moravian Mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius – an important stage in the adoption of the Slavonic alphabet – the Elena and Ivan Duichevi Foundation and the State Cultural Institute have arranged an exhibition, “The Light of the Letters”.The creation of the Slavonic alphabet in the middle of the IX century is of key importance to the history of European culture. The prevalence of Christianity in areas inhabited by many...
“INVINCIBLE IN POWER AND UNSURPASSABLE IN BRAVERY” THE BULGARIAN TSAR SAMUEL († 1014)
The reign of Tsar Samuel (997–1014) coincides with an extraordinary moment in the history of medieval Europe – the complex period at the turn of the first Christian millennium. This period is characterised by deep socio-economic and spiritual transformations, accompanied by apocalyptic anxiety in expectation of the Second Coming in either 1000 or 1033. This is a time of fear and despair, but also of considerable surge of creative energy, thirst for action and innovation. The year...
BULGARIAN MONUMENTS UNDER UNESCO PROTECTION
The “List of World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria” exhibition is a collection of 17 large-scale photographs of Bulgarian sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List by the prominent photographers Alexander Nishkov and Ivo Hadzhimishev.
The photographs:
The Boyana Church, which is among the first Bulgarian sites inscribed on the list, is one of the symbols of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom and the age of growth of literature and high medieval culture that was the precursor of the European...
10 години България в НАТО - плакати
Изложбата е реализирана съвместно от Държавния културен институт към МВнР и Националната художествена академия. Съставящите изложбата плакати са селектирани след конкурс обявен сред студентите и докторанти от специалностите „Плакат и визуална комуникация”, „Книга и печатна графика” и „Рекламен дизайн” в НХА. Поради високото ниво на представяне от страна на участниците избраните победители са двама: Георги Павлов и Пламена Дончева – докторанти към...
THE ART OF THE BULGARIAN BOOK
The exhibition “The Art of the Bulgarian Book" is part of the State Institute of Culture’s travelling exhibition programme. The exhibition includes some of the finest achievements in the field of illustration and graphic design of the Bulgarian book. The selection covers the main trends that have developed in the illustration in the country from the late 1960s to the present. Much of the illustrations are from children's books, and the rest are from illustrated magazines,...
CINEMA ON THE WALL
“Cinema on the Wall” is a collection of facsimile copies of authentic original film posters created in Bulgaria with the now-forgotten poster art technique. The exhibition includes 50 posters of Bulgarian films shown in the country in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s. The posters were made using lithography, and are in formats of about 70 x 50cm. The exhibition not only offers a look at poster art, but also gives an idea of the history and cultural traditions in film and graphic...
IVAN SHISHMANOV AND UNITED EUROPE
The exhibition covers the major periods and events in the life and work of Professor Shishmanov, his encounter with European culture, and his emergence as one of the first visionaries of United Europe. It was compiled to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Bulgarian scientist, social and political figure Professor Ivan Shishmanov, in the year when Bulgaria celebrates five years of membership of the European Union.The great “European” idea that became the creed of...
FELIX KANITZ
An exhibition of the documentary heritage of Felix Kanitz (1829 - 1904), the Hungarian traveller, ethnographer, archaeologist, geographer, scientist and artist, who greatly contributed to the development of Bulgarian culture and science and Bulgaria's accession to the European cultural model. He has a tangible presence in the history of Bulgaria and the Balkans in the second half of the 19th century. In 1858, he began research trips in Southeast Europe, travelling through Bosnia, Herzegovina,...
ROOFS OF SOFIA
Photographer Bistra Boshnakova has equal success in portraying politicians, football, drama, and crime scenes. Over the past 10 years, she has been among the most famous photographers in Bulgaria. Her photos frequently are on the front pages of newspapers. She works for the Bulgarian News Agency, BTA, and although she captures the decisive goals at football matches or rancorous debate in Parliament, Bistra Boshnakova feels most at home in the theatre auditorium . “The theatre was my...
CОDEX SUPRASLIENSIS
“The Old Bulgarian manuscript Codex Suprasliensis (Retkov Sbornik) of the 10th century in the context of Byzantine-Slavic relations.”The Codex Suprasliensis is one of the most famous monuments of medieval Slavic literature, containing sermons on the acts of saints attributed to Byzantine authors such as St. John Chrysostom, St Basil the Great and Patriarch Photios. Most of the biographies and sermons were translated from Greek in Preslav, but at different times. Some...